Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-06
CASUALTIES.

oJan. LGreatohavoc by storms and floods in
EpCTdons of Pennsylvania.
jan 0-Terrible accident on Wilmington &
Northern railroad at Wilmington, Del; three
Jan 10-Great storm on the Atlantic coast OF
the Eastern States; several wrecks and loss OF
szife.
Jan i3-Twelve men buried by caving-in OF an
.ore-Tnine at Alburtis, Pa.
Jan 20 Jackson (Mich.) poor-house burned
TO grounh five lives lost.
Feb I0-One hundred thousand head OF cat
within aeradius of one hundred milee OF Dodge
City, Kan, during the winter.
1ty more than ten thousand people weTe home
Aess7 damage to property, S6,OOO,O00 o
Mar. 1.-THE Steames9 Oregon. with eigbt hun
bred passengers on board, wrecked by colliding
Svith q schooner, twenty-five miles from New
York. AL on board saved. Vessel valued at
May 1I-cyclone at Kansas City, Mo-. by
which twenty-nine lives were lost, twenty per-
CONS injured, and thousands OF dollars worth Of
property. including the courthouse destroyed.
Nay IA cyclone devastated Hilliamsport
vnd Xttica, Ind. bridge at the latter place be-
a ug destroyed. and several persons killed Also
=. Ie villages OF vicy Springs and Green Ridge
a. D. aud Dayton and Zena, o.. suffered serious
At xenia nearly one hundred houses swept
~. " and thirty-four lives lost.
ne IA train fell through trestle at ST
VS. hens Station, s. c.; six persons killed.
Ana- .13-A dozen men lost their lives while
,s, AN down main building of New Orleans
aaa H%9 Nifty lives lost during the recent
storms 0IThe pewder-magazine of Latin &
aus'' Brighton Park, ILL.,, struck by
,1stni and exploded; one man killed and six
Others dT Severe earthquake shocks along the
t aug lst to the Mississippi; most severe
a =. r1IrSaa S. c., large portion OF which
81 $3.50. I'd and great suffering and destitu
49, 49, eeS its among people. Ninety deaths re-
saited r men killed and seventeen badly
zSped 49,, caring down building at Indian
ngolis, IND excursion train collided with q
soPt +. al Nickel Plate road, Silver
11 ~ on '.s Give persons killed and four
teen tI9ur rTS ersons killed and many wound
ID ~ 6oiiar ayISi 'sion on the steamer La Mas
cote n 1s Cap s,r swept along the Gulf
Oce- y 49, "A - iering hundreds of people
destss1te 49,. .,,,.,, tho .o, =, c.
49, Paec and ofber IA WINS in Texas, and over
Dlnc 1 .lsS 1iiu oS.iO. ere drowned.
Oct 38-The limited De Sr gu On LILY p3 3e'
W.; ~ and thirty Ters ons killed. Brakeman
Wells held responsible WonnISnTu, a No,
nov I9-Ine 60 Hsnir 'ort, Mich and seven
teen lives lost. The ste nina Loen 1880 iCSS IL
Lake Huron, hor crew OF fe
Dec Bark Mary Agnes u oe Gos snd wrecked
near Halifax, during gale; @ -P'oAA "A JIG" "a
Ionrteea pS N,Sarne of sci ,ooner Edith off
-aLtS coast New Founaiand which the crew
rteen PersSHs1t asplosioL atJersey Shore
Pa killed fourInen .,-.,,.
Doc 1O-lTotal number of W ,sseS 40 iose on on
lakes during past season. 81 vi Aue' '1''''''o
De- Dec. is%Bunning at Point Coul ,e, La, Of j.
NJ White hits ,i1 Hnss Sos boat os @n e1Ss
Dec E51Burning of Calumet Ho q at P1pes-
ton MINI. A. 8. circuit, u Baptist clergyman
killed by falling w ais. ,>,.
Dec Unnatural gas explosion at h os thn
SERIOUSLY - Whaling bark Atlantic WI eckeo on
coast Of san Francisco and twenty-five OF crew
IDst. -, .., .,.,-.
60 be unlcaded, q boy named Ora Curtis fatally
-sNot Jau,es Adams ut Bunker Hill, 1nd
Ners Eve men fatally injured by a falling
rocksi1 q coal mine near Scranton, "a
me- a-T'he opera-house and city hall AZ
rs.cnovgan Mich destroyed, and two prison
!. rs in.tbe icck-up burned to death